NAME

Filesys::SmbClient - Interface for access Samba filesystem with libsmclient.so

SYNOPSIS

  use POSIX;
  use Filesys::SmbClient;  

  my $smb = new Filesys::SmbClient(username  => "alian",
				   password  => "speed", 
				   workgroup => "alian",
				   debug     => 10);  
    
  # Read a file
  my $fd = $smb->open("smb://jupiter/doc/general.css", '0666');
  while (defined(my $l= $smb->read($fd,50))) {print $l; }
  $smb->close(fd);  

  # ...

There is some others examples in test.pl file

DESCRIPTION

Provide interface to access routine defined in libsmbclient.so.

On 2001/08/05, this library is available on Samba source, but is not build by default. (release 2.2.1). Do "make bin/libsmbclient.so" in sources directory of Samba to build this libraries. Then copy source/include/libsmbclient.h and source/bin/libsmbclient.so where you need them before install this module.

When a path is used, his scheme is :

smb://server/share/rep/doc

VERSION

$Revision: 0.6 $

FONCTIONS

new(%hash)

Init connection Hash can have this keys:

• username

• password

• workgroup

• debug

Return instance of Filesys::SmbClient on succes, die with error else.

Example:

  my $smb = new Filesys::SmbClient(username  => "alian",
				   password  => "speed", 
				   workgroup => "alian",
				   debug     => 10);

Directory

mkdir($fname,$mode)

Create directory $fname with permissions set to $mode. Return 1 on success, else 0 is return and errno and $! is set.

Example:

$smb->mkdir("smb://jupiter/doc/toto",'0666') 
  || print "Error mkdir: ", $!, "\n";

rmdir($fname)

Erase directory $fname. Return 1 on success, else 0 is return and errno and $! is set.

Example:

$smb->rmdir("smb://jupiter/doc/toto")
  || print "Error rmdir: ", $!, "\n";

opendir($fname)

Open directory $fname and return file descriptor.

readdir($fd)

Read a directory. In a list context, return the full content of the directory $fd, else return next element. Each elem is a name of a directory or files.

Return undef at end of directory.

Example:

my $fd = $smb->opendir("smb://jupiter/doc");
foreach my $n ($smb->readdir($fd)) {print $n,"\n";}
close($fd);

readdir_struct($fd)

Read a directory. In a list context, return the full content of the directory $fd, else return next element. Each element is a ref to an array with type and name. Type can be :

SMBC_WORKGROUP

SMBC_SERVER

SMBC_FILE_SHARE

SMBC_PRINTER_SHARE

SMBC_COMMS_SHARE

SMBC_IPC_SHARE

SMBC_DIR

SMBC_FILE

SMBC_LINK

Return undef at end of directory.

Example:

my $fd = $smb->opendir("smb://jupiter/doc");
while (my $f = $smb->readdir_struct($fd))
  {
  if ($f->[0] == SMBC_DIR) {print "Directory ",$f->[1],"\n";}
  elsif ($f->[0] == SMBC_FILE) {print "File ",$f->[1],"\n";}
  # ...
  }
close($fd);

closedir($fd)

Close directory $fd.

Files

stat($fname)

Stat a file to get info via file $fname. Return a list with info on success, else an empty list is return and $! is set.

List is made with:

• device

• inode

• protection

• number of hard links

• user ID of owner

• group ID of owner

• device type (if inode device)

• total size, in bytes

• blocksize for filesystem I/O

• number of blocks allocated

• time of last access

• time of last modification

• time of last change

Example:

my @tab = $smb->stat("smb://jupiter/doc/tata");
if ($#tab == 0) { print "Erreur in stat:", $!, "\n"; }
else
  {
    for (10..12) {$tab[$_] = localtime($tab[$_]);}
    print join("\n",@tab);
  }

fstat($fd)

Like stat, but on a file descriptor

rename($oname,$nname)

Rename $oname in $nname. Return 1 on success, else 0 is return and errno and $! is set.

Example:

$smb->rename("smb://jupiter/doc/toto","smb://jupiter/doc/tata")
  || print "Can't rename file:", $!, "\n";

unlink($fname)

Unlink $fname. Return 1 on success, else 0 is return and errno and $! is set.

Example:

$smb->unlink("smb://jupiter/doc/test") 
  || print "Can't unlink file:", $!, "\n";

open($fname, $mode)

Open file $fname with perm $mode. Return file descriptor on success, else 0 is return and $! is set.

Example:

my $fd = $smb->open("smb://jupiter/doc/test", 0666) 
  || print "Can't read file:", $!, "\n";

my $fd = $smb->open(">smb://jupiter/doc/test", 0666) 
  || print "Can't create file:", $!, "\n";

my $fd = $smb->open(">>smb://jupiter/doc/test", 0666) 
  || print "Can't append to file:", $!, "\n";

read($fd,$count)

Read $count bytes of data on file descriptor $fd. Return buffer read on success, undef at end of file, -1 is return on error and $! is set.

write($fd,$buf)

Write $buf on file descriptor $fd. Return number of bytes wrote, else -1 is return and errno and $! is set.

Example:

my $fd = $smb->open(">smb://jupiter/doc/test", 0666) 
  || print "Can't create file:", $!, "\n";
$smb->write($fd,"A test of write call", length("A test of write call")) 
  || print $!,"\n";
$smb->close($fd);

close($fd)

Close file descriptior $fd. Return 0 on success, else -1 is return and errno and $! is set.

Print method

unlink_print_job($purl, $id)

Remove job number $id on printer $purl

print_file($purl, $printer)

Print file $purl on $printer

TODO

• chown

• chmod

• open_print_job

• telldir

• lseekdir

• lseek

AUTHOR

Alain BARBET, alian@alianwebserver.com